Joseph Pinckney McCain II (born April , ) is an American stage actor,
newspaper reporter, and brother of the late U.S. Senator and two-time
presidential candidate John McCain.Joseph Pinckney McCain II was born
to John S. McCain Jr. and Roberta McCain on April , , in the naval
base hospital in New London, Connecticut. His father's perpetual
traveling for Navy assignments meant that Joe had attended different
schools by the time he completed th grade. He entered the United
States Naval Academy, but left in during his first year. Although he
had tried to emulate his older brother, father (against his advice),
grandfather and forebears, he later said "I just didn't like all the
formations and inspections and things like that." He then attended the
Norfolk Division of the College of William & Mary which became Old
Dominion University, where he later said he "discovered fraternities
and beer and girls."Joe McCain was a member of the United States Navy
and in to served as an enlisted man aboard the USS Enterprise (CVN-)
during the Vietnam War. During that conflict and his brother's long
time as a prisoner of war, the National League of Families of American
Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia, which included Joe,
heightened awareness of the POWs' plight. In , McCain sat in a bamboo
cage in Los Angeles, eating simulated POW food to dramatize the plight
of POWs. In the same year, he and two other brothers of POWs traveled
around the U.S. circulating petitions to be presented to North
Vietnamese representatives, and sought the signatures of opponents of
the Vietnam War as well as those supporting it. He then helped bring
tons of mail to the North Vietnamese delegation at the Paris Peace
Talks, demanding humane treatment for the POWs.Following Vietnam,
McCain tried both journalism and medical school before moving to
acting. He worked at the San Diego Union and San Diego Evening
Tribune, but got in trouble at one for perpetrating a prank. He
subsequently became a dinner theater actor.
newspaper reporter, and brother of the late U.S. Senator and two-time
presidential candidate John McCain.Joseph Pinckney McCain II was born
to John S. McCain Jr. and Roberta McCain on April , , in the naval
base hospital in New London, Connecticut. His father's perpetual
traveling for Navy assignments meant that Joe had attended different
schools by the time he completed th grade. He entered the United
States Naval Academy, but left in during his first year. Although he
had tried to emulate his older brother, father (against his advice),
grandfather and forebears, he later said "I just didn't like all the
formations and inspections and things like that." He then attended the
Norfolk Division of the College of William & Mary which became Old
Dominion University, where he later said he "discovered fraternities
and beer and girls."Joe McCain was a member of the United States Navy
and in to served as an enlisted man aboard the USS Enterprise (CVN-)
during the Vietnam War. During that conflict and his brother's long
time as a prisoner of war, the National League of Families of American
Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia, which included Joe,
heightened awareness of the POWs' plight. In , McCain sat in a bamboo
cage in Los Angeles, eating simulated POW food to dramatize the plight
of POWs. In the same year, he and two other brothers of POWs traveled
around the U.S. circulating petitions to be presented to North
Vietnamese representatives, and sought the signatures of opponents of
the Vietnam War as well as those supporting it. He then helped bring
tons of mail to the North Vietnamese delegation at the Paris Peace
Talks, demanding humane treatment for the POWs.Following Vietnam,
McCain tried both journalism and medical school before moving to
acting. He worked at the San Diego Union and San Diego Evening
Tribune, but got in trouble at one for perpetrating a prank. He
subsequently became a dinner theater actor.
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